On January 9, 1990, Patricia Cornwell published Postmortem. This was her first novel and it also marked the start of what went on to become the bestselling Kay Scarpetta series.
Since then she’s released dozens more books, most of which have made the New York Times bestseller list. Not all of these have been Scarpetta novels though – Cornwell has also published some other series, cookbooks, a children’s story and non-fiction books.
To help you keep track of everything that she’s written, we’ve produced a complete list of Patricia Cornwell books in order below. This chronological list has links to pages for each of her releases; on those pages you can find the following information:
- When it was published
- Which series it’s part of (if applicable)
- A description of the story / content
- An image of the book cover
- A link to the book on Amazon so that you can check out reviews by other readers or get a copy if you’ve not yet read it
Patricia Cornwell Books In Order
- Postmortem – 1990
- Body Of Evidence – 1991
- All That Remains – 1992
- Cruel And Unusual – 1993
- The Body Farm – 1994
- From Potter’s Field – 1995
- Cause Of Death – 1996
- Hornet’s Nest – 1997
- Unnatural Exposure – 1997
- Ruth, A Portrait – 1997
- Point Of Origin – 1998
- Scarpetta’s Winter Table – 1998
- Southern Cross – 1999
- Life’s Little Fable – 1999
- Black Notice – 1999
- The Last Precinct – 2000
- Isle Of Dogs – 2001
- Food To Die For – 2001
- Portrait Of A Killer: Jack The Ripper – 2002
- Blow Fly – 2003
- Trace – 2004
- Predator – 2005
- At Risk – 2006
- Book Of The Dead – 2007
- The Front – 2008
- Scarpetta – 2008
- The Scarpetta Factor – 2009
- Port Mortuary – 2010
- Red Mist – 2011
- The Bone Bed – 2012
- Dust – 2013
- Flesh And Blood – 2014
- Chasing The Ripper – 2014
- Depraved Heart – 2015
- Chaos – 2016
- Ripper – 2017
- Quantum – 2019
- Spin – 2021
- Autopsy – 2021
- Livid – 2022
- Unnatural Death – 2023
